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execute their designs. Cutubdican invaded Damao on the 
plea of putting a stop to certain quarrels between our people 
and the Mogores, who wanted perforce to occupy certain lands 
near Damas; but ours killed some of their people and made 
them desist. He spread the news that the Portuguese sought 
to invade the country and seize upon Surrate, whereas, in 
ee st iepiees of defending the King’s interests, as he pre- 
excuse, he wanted to avenge certain private wrongs 
see a from the Portuguese.' 
Whe staan joins his forces, and has no rebels to 
him, Ne very powerful. ‘Besides the troops which 
his captains So8 into the field, he must have 5,000 war- 
elephants,’ 40,000 cavalry, and an infinite number of infantry. 
He has many captains who can muster 12,000 or 14,000 
horse * and many elephants; others of 6,000 or 4,000 horse, 
and below that number. 
is campaign against his brother, the Prince of 
Qhabul,* he left 10,000 men in garrison in Cambaia, and 
12,000 in Fatipur with his mother. To the frontiers of Bemgala 
he sent against the rebels a foster-brother of his, one of his 
relatives,’ with 20,000 horse, and some 4 or 5 captains, each 
with 6, 5 or 4 thousand horse, besides some infantry and 
camp-followers for the baggage. In all the towns he left the 
was sent ahead with 15 000 horse and i ‘500 elephants, whilst 
he kept a large force of the best soldiers, Leaving the Prince 
at co foot t of the mountains, a distance of three stages from 
Qhab ore oie ith 2,000 men his treasure and those 

| ‘These events, whi: occurred at the end of 1 1581 and the Sian of 
gu are related at length in Monserrate’s Mong. Leg. ae , fol. 93a. sqq. 
2The statement * attHibuted to Monserrate b e Provincial of 
in an elacam nor in his rp a Comm. We find it, however, 
in uschi, p. 16. Monserrate does not say either that agen took 
with ee 5,000 elephants on "the ex i ttt against Mirza im, 
ioe rae he kept 5,000 at his own expens Cf. Mong. Leg. Coil: 
co) 
not find in the Aim commands of 12,000 or 14 ,000. Akbar’s 
te ian a commands ranging between 10,000 and 7 000. Cf. Ain, 
ie Peruschi gives Febr. 1582 as the date when Akbar started on his 
campaign against Kabul. This is wrong and impossible, a tiow | 
‘ae — Febr. 1581, i.c., = Febr. 1581. Cf. Mon 
g. Leg. 
fol. - 2. Dowson says that Badaini and ~ Tbk. Aiba 
go wrong in their gaa re the 22nd y f Akbar’s reign. 
(Cf. Erxior, Hist. of India, V. 24 46.) He ecciiees. ee the Tabakat, 
